When I stepped out of my apartment this morning, I showed my daughter the flowers that had blossomed overnight near our wall. They were daffodils. What I cannot show my child here is dhak or “flame of the forest.” But here’s a photograph of that flower, from the foothills in Himachal, taken by Vijay Parmar.
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But what did the child have to say? Did she cry for a flame of the forest–or was she willing to make do with the daffodil. Answer carefully: herein lies the key to your next 16 years.
Comment by Hap — April 1, 2006 @ 5:11 am
Doing a Google Image search for “Flame of the Forest” yeilded several different red flowering trees… “Delonix Regia, Ixora coccinea, Butea Frondosa… ” I would like to know which is the one considered sacred.
Comment by Rasananda — September 2, 2006 @ 12:52 am